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Noun: bewilderment  bi'wil-du(r)-munt
  1. Confusion resulting from failure to understand
    "She stared at the complex equation with bewilderment";
    - puzzlement, befuddlement, mystification, bafflement, bemusement

Derived forms: bewilderments

Type of: confusedness, confusion, disarray, mental confusion, muddiness

Encyclopedia: Bewilderment